Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz with Inscription

Print Notes

From the collection of Beaumont Newhall, the first curator of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art. He met Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1930s at Stieglitz’s “An American Place” gallery, a mecca for aspiring artists, photographers, and collectors from its opening in 1929 until its close in 1950.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1940
Vintage gelatin silver print signed by Adams in pencil on the first mount, the frame backboard inscribed by Stieglitz in ink.
Image Size: 9 6 3/4 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 22 inches
Location: An American Place ~ Unique ID 37

Provenance

Beaumont Newhall acquired through Sotheby's 2016.